Cressey Belden is a writer, poet, and photographer. She has published one roman à clef, Puzzle Pieces; several volumes of poetry, Sublimely Entangled, Skipping Stones and Holiness of the Ordinary; and a three-volume series Where I End & She Begins: a memoir on motherhood after a loss, an arts and crafts book, and essays, Beyond the Reach. She is also the author of Living Prayer: A Spiritual Travelogue.

A magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University with a degree in Sociology, she first worked in corporate strategic marketing with Charles Schwab, Hanna Barbera/Turner Broadcasting, and Warner Bros; then she helped build a boutique film-music business from its first score, Brave Little Toaster, to the blockbuster My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Later, she executive-produced Year by the Sea.

After her children were born, she began writing in earnest. She volunteers actively in various capacities including as her Princeton class’s memorialist and chair of Caring Tigers, which supports the mental health of classmates and alumni. She also is a founding trustee and board secretary, now emeritus, of the Wellsville Community Foundation, which is dedicated to improving the general welfare of a village in Appalachian Ohio. She lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania.